In a small town in the far north of Norway, a vast number of sexual abuse cases are uncovered by a group of journalists—silenced stories of abuse from indigenous Sámi women, men and children. Generations of negligence and suffering are investigated through recovered evidence and unseen archival footage. At court, the community stands up to Norwegian authorities, revealing racial sub-order and the meaning of generational trauma.
The case is published, a few are convicted, and the news media leaves. One of the journalists can not put the story behind him and returns to find out how this could happen. Who were the enablers, and what are the structures that made it possible? Once more, he uncovers a story we do not want to hear. What unfolds is a fight to break a cycle of racial subordination and injustice. One community’s struggles to achieve lasting change and a legacy of safety for future generations.
Beneath The Surface investigates generations of negligence and suffering through recovered evidence and unseen archival footage. The community undertakes a legal challenge against the Norwegian authorities to break the cycle of generations of racial subordination and systemic discrimination against Norway’s Indigenous peoples.
